Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
Aeroplanes are a nuisance for those living near the airport. Having a curfew is a reaosnable trade off for having a close airport. Not many people are falling over themselves to book flights at 2am - 11pm to 6am close seems reasonable
why buy property near a world airport and then complain about the area's major employer?
the alternative is multiple "regional" airports and/or significant restrictions on building new runways/upgrading, etc. look at LAX. there are four parallel runways built too close together as I recall, so at night only two can be used simultaneously. getting any sort of upgrades or appropriate spacing for replacement runways enable two simultaneous night landings on runways next to each other takes decades of discussion with the neighborhood. not to mention the LHR issues.